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| tahir |
Free Mac/Linux softwareNickG suggested that it might be worthwhile compiling a list of useful free Mac and Linux software, any suggestions? |
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| bagpuss |
well there are the obvious standards
http://www.mozilla.org/ mozilla for web browsers and mail programs http://www.openoffice.org/ for word processing http://www.gimp.org/ for image manipulation (only work on osx+ in macs) http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/emacs.html as a general text editor |
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| dougal |
Here's a roundup of plugins for Apple's Mail.app
http://www.tikouka.net/mailapp/ many (or more?) of which are freeware |
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| Mat S |
All of the above are cross-platform - mac, windows, linux, whatever. |
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| bagpuss |
as far as I am aware there are version of these software about for most versions of linux and windows and osx not sure about old versions of macs | ||
| tigerminxy |
The Quicksilver launcher/productivity thing for the Mac is my must-have, as I mentioned on this relevant discussion Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/groups/topic/55703/ | ||
| dougal |
An editor. For Mac OS X.
But not quite your ordinary, everyday sort. Of course it does HTML, with live preview. And syntax colouring, indenting, that sort of stuff. But that's not all "Your favorite language Modes: SubEthaEdit features built-in support for most common programming languages, like AppleScript , ActionScript , C, C++, CSS, HTML, Java, Javascript, LaTeX, Lua, Objective-C, Pascal, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby, SQL and XML. Missing your favorite language? Try our growing repository of user contributed modes. Make your own If there is no mode for your favorite language available yet and you aren't afraid of getting your hands dirty a little bit, you can create your very own mode. Just check our extensive mode format documentation including a development kit and make your own set of syntax definition, function popup and autocomplete dictionary to create a custom working environment. If you created a mode, you can also send us an email, so we can put it online for others to use." Oh yes, nearly forgot, its *specifically* designed for *collaborative* editing - multiple people *simultaneously* editing the same document/webpage/whatever... And its free. ($35 for a commercial license) http://www.codingmonkeys.de/subethaedit/ and be sure to click on the "Collaborate" and "Customise" tabs... |
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| dougal |
There's a nice article (with links) about Open Source and Mac OS X here:
http://software.newsforge.com/software/05/09/20/166254.shtml?tid=132&tid=6 Worth noting that ClamXav (anti virus software running on OS X) doesn't actually check for *any* Mac-specific viruses (there's a good reason why it doesn't) - but it will scan for MS Office viruses and PC viruses that you might potentially pass from one PC user to another. |
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| dougal |
Some other folk have also had the idea of compiling lists of Mac specific shareware
http://nothickmanuals.info/doku.php?id=opensourcemac http://www.opensourcemac.org/ 
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| dougal |
Here's a nifty little thing.
Its only 1/3 of a mb to download - thats little these days. It resizes pictures. In png, jpeg, tiff, pict, bmp and PhotoShop formats. One at a time, a group or a whole folder. You tell it what size you are after, and errr, that's it... You want it/them to be 600 pixels across? (the long side of the rectangle) Drop your file(s) on the application and it pops up a window into which you type 600 and click the button. It saves a copy shrunk to 600 pixels/dots across, and names it with the 600 added to the old name. Mac easy or what? Its called Pixer. Its free (but a donation is requested). Info & download http://www.1802.it/pixer.php EDIT PS its written for OS X 10.4 (untested on anything earlier) It'll do other things, like shrink to a percentage, convert to jpeg, mirror flip, rotate ... see the site! (And be prepared to make allowances for his English - its way better than my Italian...) |
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| Barefoot Andrew |
Can't comment for Macs, but for Linux Ubuntu provides an entire machine of free operating system and assorted applications. And it's a doddle to install too.
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| Barefoot Andrew |
I remember when applications used to be measured in Kb.. single digits too. Halcyon days 
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| dougal |
I don't see the point of this thread being hihacked to a discussion of software that might be included with any particular distribution, or the merits (or otherwise) of any OS.
I think its best to be focussed on specific recommended useful *additional* offerings... ... such as PearLabelizer (v 0.6 is just 250k to download) which makes printing on specific labels on a sheet trivially simple. Great little program. OS X 10.3 or later http://www.pearworks.com/pages/software.html |
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| Barefoot Andrew |
This might be a bit specialist perhaps, but I can recommend Subversion version control software from Tigris. It's available for various flavours of Linux, Win32, Solaris and Mac OS X.
I'm also using the Tortoise SVN GUI client - but this is specifically a plug-in to Windows Explorer. Other SVN GUIs may be available for other platforms. (For example the RapidSVN GUI client is multi-platform, but it's an immature product. A. |
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| Barefoot Andrew |
A techie friend of mine has tipped me off about this: http://www.virtualbox.org/ - free virtualisation software.
I've not played with it myself (as I have VMware), but apparently it runs on a good range of host systems and runs a good range of guest systems. A. |
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| dougal |
Another free image editor. LiveQuartz.
This one wants OS X 10.4.10 minimum (and does more under 10.5) It seems to be basically a means of using stuff that the system software makes available... far from basic though. http://www.rhapsoft.com/
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| dougal |
This is Linux only (for now)
http://www.methylblue.com/filelight/ Its a graphical indication of where all your disk space has gone. A rather neat visualisation scheme, IMHO. |
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| happytechie |
there is a similar tool for windows called spacemonger dougal, it's great
http://spacemonger.en.softonic.com/ instant messaging for all protocols with pidgin http://www.pidgin.im/ The best software development environment that isn't visual studio: http://www.eclipse.org/ manage all your mp3s and iPods http://projects.gnome.org/rhythmbox/ all available from the add applications menu in your ubuntu install |
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| chez |
I use pidgin - it's lovely. AND, it's icon is ... a pidgeon, which charms me in my girlish fashion .
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| Fee |
How funny that HT posted a year to the day after the last post 
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| Barefoot Andrew |
I know! For a minute I thought you know who was back...
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| chez |
I still miss him 
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| Barefoot Andrew |
I was about to launch into a party-like welcome thread
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| Fee |
Me too, I got all excited! | ||
| Emyr |
Anyone know of a good Video editing program to run on Linux? (Specifically Ubuntu+Gnome) | ||
| Aeolienne |
"Your favorite language
Modes: SubEthaEdit features built-in support for most common programming languages, like AppleScript , ActionScript , C, C++, CSS, HTML, Java, Javascript, LaTeX, Lua, Objective-C, Pascal, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby, SQL and XML." |
Has anyone had experience here of running Python on a home PC? I'm nervous about installing anything that might make other applications on my clunky computer run slower.
Has anyone had experience here of running Python on a home PC? I'm nervous about installing anything that might make other applications on my clunky computer run slower.
